Lovett is not very PC friendly, not at all. Even though it is crammed full of PC people, they insist on not letting us be a PC campus. Now many of you are probably appalled right now because you are thinking that Lovett is not very Politically Correct (all the rage these days). Well guess what ... you are dead WRONG!!!
Lovett is a Mac Campus ... Yes this blog is about computers, not politics. I have a personal vendetta against Mac's but this is not a place for me to tell you all the reasons PCs are better. I am here to note that there are benefits to both PCs and Macs. Macs are great when it comes to design and areas such as that, and the Visual Arts program uses them a lot there. Great, they are little and cute so lets put them all over campus.
But what about the rest of us? What about those of us who don't quite appreciate the little white apple with a portion bitten out? What about those of us who aren't going into the design world? Well, Lovett is still on top of the ball, they installed 3 PC's in the library this year ... Hooray! But wait, why can I never use them? Because every one else wants to!
Okay enough with the cynicism, here is the solution: To prepare Lovett students for the rest of our lives we need to know the basic premise of both. I know enough about Macs to properly use them and actually I know a lot more than I really care to know. But we have 4 computer labs side by side, not to mention several others else where. All full of the white boxes. The answer is simple ... Do what every other school does: have some PC labs and some Mac labs. Its not that difficult. Sticking our head in the sand because we like the Apple will solve nothing!
2 comments:
You are correct. Quite correct. However, I definitely got used to the Mac-only atmosphere after a bit.
Umm... did they install a fourth computer lab? Last count I had (a year ago), there were three in a row.
Also, get excited about your impending seniorhood, because there are three PC's in the lounge. Just don't expect to be able to use them during break.
Oh, forgot to mention, though... one of my first actions as a Lovett student was to swap in the classic "bliss" field-and-cloud image on all the desktops in one of the Mac labs... it was beautiful.
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